Swimming

My daughter absolutely loves going swimming but is increasingly keen to be independent and won't let us hold her- however she is terrified of armbands 🙄 So I am looking for an alternative flotation thing! Has anyone used anything else and found it useful? She literally hates armbands so much, tried different types but it's just not worth the drama 🙈😂

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Mine is the same. She can now swim over a meter to me under water but i am not using any swimming aids as i dont think her swim instructor recommended them. Haven't asked in ages though. I want to get something for when october 17 l.o. arrives as my hands will be full and OH (other half) would be at work. She hates noodles and will just let go and try to swim on her own as well.

You can get some that a like costumes to stop the riding up. My swimming baths sells arm bands that are like floats rather then the blow up rubber things dunno if you've tried them or not but seem popular xx

my LO (little one) has a swim vest. It's a Zoggs swim trainer jacket, £17.99 in Argos. I bought an inflatable life jacket type thing and he won't tolerate it, and he cannot stand armbands near him. I bought the swim jacket from Argos last week and took him swimming and he loved the bit of independence it gave him without the arguing over armbands!

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My little girl just uses a woggle now. I let her fall forward with it from the side, she'll go under for a few seconds, find her way to the surface then get her balance and she's off kicking away. It's amazing to watch 😄

That's really good kate. Not sure my lo is ready for just a wiggle although I haven't particularly tried. The lifeboats are lik3 cloth vests with floats inthem.rather than blow up. They have a pants type piece which stips it riding ul which u can take out when they get bigger.

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